2025 Canadian Labour Congress Winter School Scholarships

Scholarships are available for one of Canada's best labour schools!

The CLC Winter School, held at Harrison Hot Springs in January and February 2025, offers a wide variety of high-quality labour-oriented courses. HSA members interested in helping better represent colleagues in the workplace and build a stronger union are encouraged to apply for HSA and external scholarships.

For dates and course information, please see the attached Information Sheet.

HSA offers a number of scholarships to cover reimbursement for wages, travel, registration, accommodation (single), meals, and dependent care. HSA members can apply for a scholarship by completing the online application – 2025 Winter School Scholarship will be listed under 'Other Events.'

Scholarship application deadline is 11:59pm on Monday, November 11, 2024.

HSA CLC Winter School scholarships are very popular, and we receive many more applications than can be accommodated. If you are awarded a scholarship, you will be contacted by HSA with further details.

Ann Hallman Scholarship:

The Ann Hallman Scholarship for the CLC Winter School was established in 1999, in memory of Ann Hallman. Ann was a young mother, an X-ray technologist, and HSA activist whose courage in bringing forward an unprecedented grievance established bumping rights for HSA members.  This scholarship supports one HSA member each year to participate in Women in Leadership training at the annual CLC Pacific Region winter school.

New HSA Winter School Scholarship:

The Marg Beddis Scholarship was established in 2023 following the death of Marg Beddis, a former board member and long-time HSA activist. She was a workplace champion on many Occupational Health and Safety issues and a founding member of HSA's Constituency Liaison team, ensuring that decision-makers in government understand the issues facing HSA members. She understood that change and progress are not possible without curiosity, education, and activism. She was a strong proponent of continuing education. This scholarship supports one HSA member each year to participate in Occupational Health and Safety or Political Action training at the annual CLC Pacific Region winter school.
 

Additional External Scholarships:

The Frank Wall Development Scholarship is an opportunity for HSA members interested in attending the Parliamentary Procedure and Public Speaking course. Please send your completed application to @email for union authorization and HSA will send to the CLC on your behalf. This scholarship requires an additional written submission.
 
The Community Savings Scholarship offers support to HSA members interested in attending Young Workers in Action. Please send your completed application to @email for union authorization and HSA will send to Community Savings on your behalf. This scholarship requires an additional written submission.

The One Movement Threads “Movement Builder” Scholarship is an opportunity for a dedicated union member from unions affiliated to the CLC. The scholarship will cover registration costs for Winter School for one member to attend one of the following courses at the 2025 Pacific Region Winter School: Young Workers in Action, Member Engagement – Member Action, or Intro to Digital Organizing. Please send your completed application to @email for union authorization and HSA will send to One Movement on your behalf. This scholarship requires an additional written submission.

The Donna Sheaves Memorial Scholarship established by The Canadian Union of Public Employees Union (CUPE) Local 402, through the BC Federation of Labour, for a union woman to attend the Women in Leadership course at the CLC Winter School, which is offered in week one, January 12-17, 2025. Please send your completed application to @email for union authorization and HSA will send to the BC Federation of Labour on your behalf. This scholarship requires an additional written submission.

The Kim Manton Memorial Scholarship established by the Victoria Labour Council, in partnership with the BC Federation of Labour, to honour Kim Manton’s memory with a scholarship to support Women, Trans and Non-Binary people to attend one of the following courses at the Harrison Winter School; Women in Leadership or Labour Community Advocate Level 1. Preference for this scholarship will be given to people from Vancouver Island. Please send your completed application to @email for union authorization and HSA will send to the BC Federation of Labour on your behalf. This scholarship requires an additional written submission.

Members who have attended CLC Winter School within the last three years are not eligible for a 2025 scholarship. 
 
Please contact @email for further information.

Scholarship application deadline is 11:59pm on Monday, November 11, 2024.

Childcare:
Free childcare is provided at Winter School for eligible delegates with children ages 12 months to 12 years. An eligible delegate is a single parent, a parent not accompanied by a spouse/companion, or where both parents are delegates. While the CLC will pay the actual childcare costs at the school, delegates will be responsible for any additional hotel charges for their child. Delegates having additional childcare costs as a result of leaving their children at home should apply for reimbursement from HSA.

There is a limited number of spots available in the childcare program. Spots will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Delegates requiring childcare must pre-register and indicate childcare on their registration form. Requests for childcare do not constitute guaranteed spots in the childcare program.

The deadline for childcare registration is December 5, 2024. Requests received after this deadline will only be accommodated if there is room in the childcare program. Cancellations are required and must be received 14 days in advance of your attendance at Winter School. Failure to cancel booked childcare space(s) will result in a “no-show fee” of $300.00.

*Please advise HSA if your child requires care and has a disability or requires accommodations.

Please be aware that should unforeseen circumstances arise due to staffing issues, there is the possibility that childcare coverage may be cancelled without advance notice. Participants wishing to utilize the childcare program should keep alternate arrangements in mind, just in case.

Bus Schedule

The Winter School bus is a chartered Wilson’s Transportation Ltd. bus. The bus leaves Pacific Central Station in Vancouver every Sunday, with stops in Coquitlam and Surrey. A fee of $30/per trip is payable in advance and reservations are required. After January 1, 2025, bus fees are non-refundable.

**We will be following provincial health and safety guidelines. Masks may be required, and capacity may be limited.